AMR Corp., parent of American Airlines, and US Airways Group intend to merge and create the world’s largest airline, keeping Chicago O’Hare International Airport as a hub, airline officials said Thursday.In size, the combined airlines, to be called American Airlines, would edge out Chicago-based United Airlines, assuming the $11 billion merger is approved by regulators …
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Frontier Airlines Announces Columbus – Princeton/Trenton Service – Yahoo! Finance
Frontier Airlines today announced it will return its low-fare service to Columbus Airport (CMH), with new nonstop service to Trenton-Mercer Airport (TTN), the gateway to New Jersey’s state capital, all of central New Jersey, and southeast Pennsylvania, including metro Philadelphia. Frontier will launch three weekly nonstop flights on this route starting April 8, 2013. To …
Delta Air Lines Flies New Route To Profits: Older Jets – WSJ.com
ATLANTA—A jetliner parked in a cavernous hangar here boasts a gleaming paint job, 160 pristine blue leather seats and a new-airplane smell. But this latest addition to the Delta Air Lines Inc. DAL -0.73% fleet isn’t new. Not by a long shot. The twin-engine MD-90, acquired from China Southern Airlines Co., 600029.SH -0.59% is more …
Airline Security Workers Say They Are Rushed – NYTimes.com
Workers at J.F.K. say security inspections are rushed. Mohamed, an airport security worker for Global Elite Group, said a focus on speed is jeopardizing passenger safety. After passengers exit each plane at John F. Kennedy International Airport, squads of caterers and cleaners troop on and prepare the aircraft for the next flight. Once cleared of …